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As a Seattle native and lifelong resident, I definitely have webbed feet, but rain and overcast skies usually don't bother me. But I'm with you re: this winter and "spring," JTMB... this is getting way too old! Plus, I didn't start sketching until last fall, so I have yet to experience my first plein aire season (other than a few days here and there)... so frustrating!

Ever since I started blogging last month (Fueled by Clouds and Coffee), I've been forgetting to post new sketches here, so here's one that I would appreciate C & C on. This man was sitting directly in front of me, head down as he looked at his tablet, so I couldn't see his eyes at all -- only his eyebrows. I guess it's the foreshortened view (is that the right term?) that threw me, and it looks really distorted. I've been studying Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist's Guide to Form, Function, and Movement by Valerie Winslow (an excellent book, BTW), so hopefully that will help me with these human perspective issues.

Foreshortening is still a hard thing for me to accept in my sketches, even when it's spot on. You're doing the right thing focus on what is hard to do really look and keep sketching and one day it will just come, really!

Thanks for the encouragement, RainySea and Margo! And yes, I'm enjoying blogging very much. It gives my sketching a bit of focus and forces me to be articulate about whatever thoughts I might be having about a particular sketch.

John, YES! Spring at last! Well, sort of... it was 39 degrees when I left the house this morning at 6 a.m., but by golly, I took the top down on my car anyway, because at least it is sunny!! In fact, I spent the afternoon at the zoo the other day and sketched this Komodo dragon.

I wish our local zoo was nearer - I sketched the orang utans and gorillas there a few years ago and loved it. The next project was to be the reptile house but I didn't continue, got sidetracked with something else.